There are many new things in the new Mono that are worth
showing and talking about to folks at the PDC this year.

Am afraid this year the Mono BOF will not be accepted again
at the Microsoft PDC. My submission was reviewed on Tuesday
and it has still not shown
up in the voting list for BOFs, chances are voting for it will
only happen (if it happens at all) on Saturday/Sunday, clearly
the worst days to get any votes on.

At the last PDC the Mono BOF had the largest number of
votes when half the spots were still available and it got
dropped out of the list. When I asked the various people in
charge what happened they kept pointing fingers at someone
else until it reached full circle. Nobody could tell me why
the most voted BOF proposal did not get selected. I would be
happy with an honest answer even if it is "We do not want to
promote open source/Mono/Novell" instead I heard a number of
variations on "The problem is that `New frontiers for 6502
assembly language in the copy-editing industry had more
votes'" (it didnt).

Anyways, this PDC ts looking just like the last one. So it
is time to get ready for a Mono meeting like we hadthe last
time: in the middle of the hallway. Last time we picked a
spot in the middle of two concourses which had enough space
and chairs to hold our meeting (about 80-100 people). I will
do some scouting on Monday and find a good spot and a good
time to hold the meeting and announce a meeting place here.

If you get to the PDC early, and you know the spot where we
had the meeting the last time and you can provide directions,
please email me.